Cattle-stanchion.



PATENTED DEG. 15, 1903.

S. M. BARNARD. CATTLE STANCHION.-

AHLIOATIUN FILED JAN. 1o. 190s.

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N0 MODEL.

a general front View of the device.

Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SlDNEY M. BARNARD, OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

CATTLE-STANCHION.

sPEcIrIcATIcN forming perf. of Lettere retest Ne. 746,913, dated December 15, 1903.

' Application filed January 10, 1903. Serial No. 138,525. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SIDNEY M. BARNARD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Forestville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im provementsin Oattle-Stanchions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the improvement is the production of a stanchion for four-footed beasts, having certain features 0f novelty and advantage. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a sectional view on the line a: of Fig. l looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a top view of the device.

In the drawings the letters a and l) denote two uprights of the stanchion-frame, preferably of wood, because its non -conducting qualities as` to heat makes it neither cold nor hot to the animals neck and because it wears smoothly. One of these stanchions b is pivotally hung and supported at its foot in order that it maybe swung outwardly to ad mit the head of the creatore, after which it is swung back to place and suitably fastened, as hereinafter described. These uprights arec'onnected at'each end, front and rear, by metallic strips adapted for the adjustment of the uprights toward and from each other. The letter c denotes two such strips bolted tothe foot of the upright o.. The letter d denotes two such strips connected to the foot of the upright b by a bolt, which is also a pivot for the hereinbefore-described swing of the upright b. The strips .c carry the mortise c.

The letter e denotes a headed bolt properly equipped with a nut which traverses the mortises c' and also cooperating holes in the strips d, between which it carries the sleeve eC Said bolt, sleeve, mortises, and bolt-holes constitute an arrangement whereby the lower ends of the two uprights may be adjusted toward and from each other and properly fastened in Asuch adjustment.

The letter f denotes metallic strips rigidly bolted to the upper ends of the upright ct.

The letter g denotes metallic strips appurtenant to the upper end of the upright b.

The strips f carry the mortises f'.

The letter h denotes bolts equipped with Fig. 2 is proper nuts andlcarrying the sleeves h'. There are holes for these bolts through the strips g. These last-mentioned bolts, mortises, sleeves, and bolt-holes constitute an arrangement whereby the upper ends of the two uprights may be adjusted toward or from each other and .held in that adjustment.

The upper end of the uprightb isinwardly 6o beveled at b to coperate with a spring-retainer, which will now be described. This spring-retainer (denoted by the letter t) is coiled about one of the bolts h, has proper bearing at the rear end, and at the other end takesover the upper end of the upright b. By, raising the outer end of this retainer the upper end of the upright b is unlocked and may be swung outward for the purposes alreadyV stated, and when it is swung inward the outer 7o -end of the spring retainer rides up on the .of the strips g is provided with an inturned 8o tlange g', which takes into acorresponding cross-mortise in the upper part of the upright l). These inturnedv flanges taking into cooperating mortises,as described, serve to help to retain the proper relation of the uprights to the strips in a very marked and emphatic degree.

I claim as my improvement- 1. A stanchiou-frame comprising two uprights,and metallic strips of adjustable length 9o uniting the ends of said uprights.

2. A stanchion-frame comprising an upright, and metallic strips of adjustable length secured front and rear to the ends thereof; and a second upright pivotally supported at one end by one set of the above-mentioned strips, the other end of said upright being adapted for engagement with and disengage-v ment from the other set of strips, substantially as described and for the purposes set Ico forth.

3. The stanchiou-frame composed of two uprights, a metallic strip uniting said uprights at the ends and having an inturned ange strips last mentioned encircling said bolt and Io p cooperating with said beveled upper end of the pivotally-supported upright.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SIDNEY M. BARNARD. Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. MILLER, E. C. FOWLER. 

